Jesse James

1939

1h 46m

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6.4/10

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After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Directors

Henry King

Writers

Nunnally Johnson(screenplay by)

Stars

Tyrone Power

Henry Fonda

Nancy Kelly

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Top cast

Jesse Woodson James

Frank James

Zerelda "Zee" Cobb

Marshall Will Wright

Major Rufus Cobb

Jailer

George Runyan

Barshee

Bob Ford

McCoy

Jesse James Jr.

Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Charles Ford

Mrs. Bob Ford

Clarke

Bill

Pinkie

Deputy

Directors

Henry King

Writers

Nunnally Johnson(screenplay by)

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The film looks good in Technicolor but also becomes increasingly sluggish as it goes on. Nunnally Johnson's screenplay ignores the truth and presents us with the legend. Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and Frank James (Henry Fonda) are just simple country folks. The railroad crooked agents have come round to buy up land on the cheap by using force. Jesse and Frank become outlaws by robbing trains and banks only because the greedy railroad bosses were responsible for the death of their mother. Jesse tries to settle down to a life of domestic bliss but his old friends keep calling to try to get him back to do a quick and easy job, only to be shot in the back by a cowardly Bob Ford.

DanDare17 May, 2018